Receptacle



S. E. DE LONG.

RECEPTACLE.

LED DEC.

1,392,559, I Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

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PATENT OFFICE.

SUSAN E. DE LONG, OF FELLOWS, CALIFORNIA.

RECEPTAGLE.

Application filed December 11, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SUsAN E. DE LONG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fellows, in the county of Kern and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a garbage receptacle, or a receptacle for containing any desired material, and an object of the invention is to provide a receptacle of this nature which may be detachably supported from any suitable type .of rigid support, and

which will permit the easy insertion thereinto and removal therefrom of garbage or analo 'ous material.

A further object of the invention is to provide a receptacle as specified, which has a hinged closure for the top and also a hinged closure for the bottom thereof, which latter closure extends at an incline so that when open, the contents thereof will have a tendency to slide over the inclined surface to be emptied from the cover and also to permit the easy emptying of the contents of the receptacle.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for holding the closure for the bottom of the receptacle in a closed position against accidental movement and against opening movement under the weight 0 the contents of the receptacle, as well as to incline the edges of the front side of the receptacle, so as to facilitate the closing of the covers or closuresof the respective ends of the rece tacle.

Other ob ects of the invention will appear in the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyin drawing forming a part 'of this specificatlon and in which drawing: I

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved receptacle.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the receptacle taken on the line 2-2 of 1 ig. 3- is a detail View of the receptacle illustrating a part of the supporting handle therefor, and v Fig. 4 is a detail view illustrating the manner of hingedly connecting 'thecovers to the body of the receptacle. 1

Referring more articularl to the drawings, the improve rece tac 6 comprises a main body 10 preferab y rectangular in Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

Serial No. 344,094.

suitable supporting pin or nail as indicated at 16, carried by an suitable type of permanent support A or securely supporting the receptacle 10 and permitting it to be easily detached from or attached to the permanent support A. The cover 16 for the upper end of the body 10 is hingedly connected as shown at 17 to the rear wall 11, and it is provided with a downturned annular flange 18 for engagement about the upper portion of the body 10. The front side 19 of the body 10 has its upper edge curving inwardly slightly as shown at 20, while the portion of the annular flange 18 at the front side or edge of the cover is correspondingly angled and curved for snugly fitting the curved portion 20. This curved portion 20 acts as a guide for the closing of downwardly as clearly shown at 22. Thiscurved portion 22 is adapted to be engaged by the u ward'ly curving portion 23 of the annular ange 24 and the bottom closure 25 so as to permit the proper engagement of the bottom closure 25 with the bod 10 during the closing movement thereof. lhis bottom closure 25 is hingedly connected to the rear wall 11 in the same manner in which the cover 16 is hingedly connected to the rear wall, that is, by means of a relatively long barrel 26 formed upon the closure which receives therethrough a hinged pin 27 the said hinged pin extending through hinged barrels 28 which are 'detachably connected to the rear wall 11, one at each end of the barrel 26.

A knob 30 is formed upon the front side 19 of the body 10 upwardly of the lower curved portion 22, and it is adapted to be engaged by the shoulder 31 formed on the spring latch 32. This spring latch 32 is attached to the portion 23 of the annular flange 24, and is constructed of spring material so that the shoulder 31 will snap over the lug or abutment when the closure 25 is in a closed position. The upper end of the spring latch 32 is preferably rolled as shown at 33, to permit a purchase thereon by the fingers of the person desiring to empty the contents of the receptacle 10, and to facilitate the outward springing of the spring catch to disengage the shoulder 31 with the abutment or lug 30, allowing the bottom closure 25 to fall downwardly as indicated in dot and dash lines in Fig. 20f the drawings to permit the emptying of the contents of the receptacle. The curved forward portion 23' of the flange 24 will also tend to guide any material from within the receptacle outwardly thereover, which materials might have been retained in the closure 25 during its opening movement. By making the front side 19 longer than the rear side 11 the bottom or main body of the closure 25 will always be positioned at an angle when in a closing position tending to guide the contents of the receptacle toward the forward edge thereof, thereby further facilitating the emptying of the receptacle when desired. If it is so desired handles 34 may be attached to each side of the body 10 of the receptacle to facilitate its carrying.

Changes in details may be made without messes departing from the spirit of this invention, but;

I claim:

1. In a receptacle, the combination of a body, the forward side of said body being,

relatively longer than the rear side of said body, a hinged cover for said body having a relatively deep depending border flange thereon, a bottom cover hingedly connected to the rear side of said body, and forming a closure for the lower end of said receptacle, said bottom cover having a relatively deep upstanding border flange thereon, said bottom cover when in closed position upon said bottom inclining toward the forward side thereof, and a bracket upon the rear side of said receptacle, said bracket being relatively deeper than the flanges upon said top and bottom covers, and adapted to be mounted upon a support, to permit unimpeded opening and closing of said covers.

2. In a receptacle, the combination of a body, a hinged cover for said body, a hinged bottom for said body, and an attaching bracket mounted upon the body adapted to be detachably secured in rigid position to some substantially vertical structure for suspending the receptacle, saidbracket being relatively deep to allow swinging back of the cover and bottom of receptacle to allow unimpeded entrance and exit of material into and from the receptacle.

SUSAN E. DE LONG. 

